Benjamin, Walter. “The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction.” Media and cultural studies: Key Works, 2nd edn, Blackwell, Malden (2009): 23
Using photographs captured by Len Gillman during a scientific expedition to Antarctica, artists Sue Jowsey (F4 Collective) and Andrew Denton collaborated with Gillman to create a touring exhibition exploring physical and psychological isolation.
Antarctica is a place alive with what Walter Benjamin describes as aura, a “…strange tissue of space and time: unique appearance of distance, however near it may be.” 1
Standing by the margin of the Ross Sea at Botany Bay, one of Earth’s most isolated places, one is confronted by physical isolation subservient to time’s isolating touch. In this place, ghosts of struggle and survival are ever-present. A winter of darkness marks one of the most desperate and prolonged ordeals of human endeavour, though eight men survived, the traces of Scott’s expedition remain caught in Zephyr’s frozen breath.
The project has been shown at the 2021 Auckland Festival of Photography and toured by UTV Urban Screen Productions in Australia.
Benjamin, Walter. “The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction.” Media and cultural studies: Key Works, 2nd edn, Blackwell, Malden (2009): 23
Congratulations to Digital Design Major graduate Varvara Solovyeva whose animated film ‘USO’ has been selected in competition for the International Programme at the Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF 2023).
‘USO’ was Varvara’s graduating film for her Bachelor of Design in 2022. Varvara is currently undertaking her Master of Design studies at the School of Art and Design.
The ninthWavesound project, produced for Laura Marsh’s doctoral thesis, fuses feminist activism and a DJ practice to generate an installation and participatory art practice aimed at corporeal, low-frequency, sound-oriented experiences.